Kraftwerk Vockerode

This historical building was once a brown coal (lignite) fired power plant which was later converted to gas fired power plant. First block of the power plant was built between 1937 and 1940. During the Soviet occupation of Germany, the power plant was transformed into a workshop and a lot of equipment was dismantled. Between 1953 and 1959 the power plant was refurbished and a second block was built to provide for growing electricity demands of industry and households in the GDR. In 1971 a gas turbine power plant was built.

In 1994 the lignite power plant was shut down. In 1998 the gas turbine power plant was shut down and in 2001 the chimneys were demolished. In 2005 the oil tanks of the gas turbine plant were demolished. Till 2013 the power plant’s building was used for events and art display.